The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (also known as The Pickwick Papers) is Charles Dickens's first novel. The book became the first-ever worldwide publishing phenomenon, generating theatrical performances, bootleg copies, and character-based merchandise.

CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870) transformed the art of fiction. The author of numerous novels and short stories, including Great Expectations, A Tale Of Two Cities, David Copperfield, and Bleak House, he is considered a literary colossus, and a central figure in the development of the modern novel. 

“It’s a joyous, jolly book, bursting with vitality. I feel jollier just having written about it”

–Radhika Jones Time Magazine